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 | <h4 class="subsection">9.12.1 Notes</h4> | 
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 | <p>The ESA/390 <code>as</code> port is currently intended to be a back-end | 
 | for the <span class="sc">gnu</span> <span class="sc">cc</span> compiler.  It is not HLASM compatible, although | 
 | it does support a subset of some of the HLASM directives.  The only | 
 | supported binary file format is ELF; none of the usual MVS/VM/OE/USS | 
 | object file formats, such as ESD or XSD, are supported. | 
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 |    <p>When used with the <span class="sc">gnu</span> <span class="sc">cc</span> compiler, the ESA/390 <code>as</code> | 
 | will produce correct, fully relocated, functional binaries, and has been | 
 | used to compile and execute large projects.  However, many aspects should | 
 | still be considered experimental; these include shared library support, | 
 | dynamically loadable objects, and any relocation other than the 31-bit | 
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